Primeval

Starring: Dominic Purcell ... Tim Manfrey / Brooke Langton ... Aviva Masters / Orlando Jones ... Steven Johnson / Jurgen Prochnow ... Jacob Krieg
Director: Michael Katleman
Genre: Series Thriller
Rated: MA15+
Running Time: TV Series

A news team is sent to South Africa to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.

One million viewers tuned int to the Australian premiere episode on Channel 9. Almost the same figure returned the following week for episode two.

It has taken the UK and Australia by storm with its jaw-dropping special effects and thrilling storylines, and the past and present are about to collide when Primeval: The complete series one comes to DVD.

From the makers of 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Prehistoric Park', Primeval combines the same astounding special effects with a poignant love story and makes excellent viewing for all the family.

When evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter discovers prehistoric creatures alive and well in the present day the natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces a threat to its very existence. Unexplained anomalies are ripping holes in the fabric of time, allowing creatures from the very earliest stages of Earth's deveopment to roam the modern world. Cutter and his team struggle to keep the looming disaster a secret while dealing with savage dinosaurs and other deadly foes.

Cutter also has to deal with a deeply personal dilemma - he discovers that his wife Helen, missing believed dead for eight years, has actually been travelling in the past; now she is back with possible answers to the riddle of the anomalies, but is it an answer she is willing to share?

Bosting a fantastic cast including - Douglas Henshall (Anna Karenina, This year's love) Lucy Brown (Sharpe's Challenge, Canterbury Tales), Hannah Spearritt (Agent Cody Banks 2, S Club 7), James Murray (Under the Greenwood Tree, Cutting it), Ben Miller (Johnny English, The Worst Wee of my life), Andrew Lee Potts (Ideal Strange, Dead Fish) and Juliet Aubrey (Middlemarch, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Constant Gardener).

Primeval - the complete series one, features all six episodes, each fifty minutes long.

DVD Extra
45 minute 'making of' documentary
Review: Best Thriller/Action Series to come out this year. Not for the faint hearted.